The Keys To Greta Garbo's Former NYC Apartment Hit The Auction Block

Greta Garbo stole countless hearts in the twenties and thirties, lending her talents to some of Hollywood's biggest films. But after leaving the movie business, Garbo sought out a quieter life.

The star spent almost four decades living alone in New York City, in a fifth-floor apartment overlooking the East River. There, she was able to find the privacy she so deeply desired. The keys to that east side enclave, as well as a smaller key meant for her "safe drawers," are now being auctioned off as part of RR Auction's Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale on December 9. Pictured above, the apartment keys, which are labeled "Miss GG 5th Floor" are expected to bring in between $10,000 and $15,000.

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While the keys don't actually offer access to the 52nd Street apartment where Garbo lived reclusively for many years, a 1990 documentary did. Shortly after her death, AMC aired the short film about her collection of art, taking viewers inside her former retreat.

The RR Auction sale — which is currently taking online bids until December 9th — includes a mink coat that also belonged to Garbo (that's expected to sell for over $40,000), as well as countless other noteworthy items, like the signed paperwork that terminated Marilyn Monroe's contract with 20th Century Fox, and a fur coat belonging to Barbra Streisand.